Fabric-turfing implement



(No Model.)

W. H. SMITH.

FABRIC TURFING IMPLEMENT.

No. 389,333. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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IINTTEn STATES \VILLIAM IIAYVLEY SMITH,

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OF RIOHYVOODS, ILLINOIS.

FABRIC-TURFlNG IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,333, dated September 11, 1888.

(No modehl' To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM HAWLEY SMITH, a resident of Richwoods, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric-Turfing Implements; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention is in turfing-instruments of the class in which the hand carries the needle and its bar bodily back and forth, and is in general features similar to certain instruments heretofore patented.

The improvements consist, particularly, in certain changes in the form of the thread-carrier, in means for imparting tension to the thread, and in meansfor regulating the length of the loops of thread left projecting from the surface of the fabric operated upon.

These improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows the instrument in operation upon the fabric. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the instrument. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line a; 3 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the thread-carrier or needle.

The fabric to be embroidered is strained in any suitable manner, and the instrument is then applied as shown in Fig. 1,wherein, as in all the drawings where the parts appear, A is a sheath or sleeve inclosing the principalworking parts of the instrument, and is provided with parallel supports A,which rest upon the fabric when the apparatus is in use. \Vithin this sleeve slides a closely-fitting tronghlike bar, B, having within its cavity an oscillating needle-retaining plate, C, and a plate-regulating device, D, which present no novelty, and at its upper end a knob, E, to afford a convenient hold for the hand. The side A of the sleeve is bent outward and upward upon itself at F, forming at the same time a stop for a projection, G, upon the bar B and an outer pocket upon the sleeve. This stop fixes the limit of the bars upward movement in the sleeve and the pocket receives the lower end of the tension-plate H. Rigidly connected with this plate is a gudgeon, I, for receiving a spool, J, to which tension is applied by a coiled spring,

K, inclosing the outer end of the gudgeon, and a wing-nut, L, working upon the gudgeons threaded free end. The upper end of the tension-plate II is wedge-shaped, and over this end slides a clip, M, passing entirely around the upper end of the sleeve. By means of this clip and the pocket at F the tension device is rigidly but removably retained in position. Upon the opposite face of the sleeve is abar, N, for determining positively the distance to which the needle shall pass downward through the fabric without varying the distance to which the point rises above the fabric when withdrawn, the latter being fixed by the stop F and projection G.

The bar N is adj ustably secured in place by a set-screw,0,whieh engages a block, 1, within the sleeve and passes through slots It It in both bar and sleeve. Now when the bar N is so fixed upon the sleeve that its upper end projects beyond the sleeve it acts as a stop, meeting a shoulder, S,upon the knob E, and arresting the downward movement of the needle, and since the bar is slotted at It it may evidently be set at any desired point, where it is held by the setserew and also by the clip M, which presses it firmly against the sleeve at the upper end.

To the block P is also secured a flat spring, Q, provided at its lower end with a series of points, which the elastic force of the spring presses constantly against the needle T, and which engage the thread as the eye of the needle passes upward past them, and thus prevent the withdrawal of the loop from the fabric. This engagement is rendered certain by providing the needle with a plane incline, U, at the point where the thread is to be caught,and thus certain flattened threads,which cannot be used with other instruments and machines for this purpose, are caught with the same certainty as others.

lVhat Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a turfing implement, a tubular needle perforated upon one side to form an eye, flattened immediately below said eye and terminating in a solid conical point below said flattened portion and in the longitudinal axis of ICC the tubular portion, combined with a springdetainerhaving a serrated end, and means for the needle flattened below the eye, a serrated spring secured to said sleeve and pressing obr 5 liquely against said flattened surface at one point in the needles path, and the adjustable bar N, secured to the sleeve in the path ofthe knob E.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 20 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

\VM. HAVLEY SMITH. \Vitnesses:

HARRY S. RoBINs, ROBINSON WHITE. 

